NGOs
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Disasters are Big Business By William Bowles
I am staggered. There are 10,000 ‘NGO’s’ in Haiti, one for every 900 inhabitants and each one of them has no doubt at least one Westerner working within, yet aside from the Cuban health workers, it seems they could do nothing until the gringos arrived with their Blackhawks and nuclear-tipped aircraft carrier and of course,… Continue reading
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Honduras Coup: the US Connection By Nil Nikandrov
The topic most widely debated in Latin America at the moment is what Obama’s administration has got to do with the recent coup in Honduras. The answer is straightforward – everything. The coup is aligned with US strategic objectives and is going to be used by Washington to regain positions in the region which it… Continue reading
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The Coup Five Years On: Haiti's Harsh Realities By YVES ENGLER
Haiti provides an example of how self-described “progressive” Western government-funded NGOs function as an arm of imperialism. A sort of NGO laboratory, Haiti is a highly vulnerable society where NGOs have a great deal of influence. Continue reading